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Bangladesh: Terror plot targeting Hindus foiled as IED discovered inside umbrella on the route of Ulto Rath Yatra in Dhaka

OpIndia Staff - 26 July, 2026

Dhaka police averted a major attack after finding a powerful pipe bomb hidden inside an umbrella along the Ulto Rath Yatra procession route.

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The forgotten glory of Bangladesh’s Dhamrai Rath Yatra: How the Pakistan Army burnt a 500-year-old Jagannath Rath but couldn’t extinguish the spirit of a...

મેઘલસિંહ પરમાર - 11 July, 2026

The Dhamrai Rath Yatra, a 500-year-old tradition in Bangladesh, once drew subcontinental pilgrims with a colossal 60-foot chariot. Despite its brutal destruction by the Pakistani Army in 1971, the festival endures today as a testament to deep-seated cultural resilience.

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Bangladesh: Hindu priest and law student kidnapped, brutally tortured for the whole night and blackmailed for ransom, critically injured while escaping

OpIndia Staff - 1 July, 2026

"The attackers stripped him naked, recorded videos of him, and blackmailed him into asking his family members for money," voiced his friend.

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Fear of US backlash? Albino buffalo nicknamed Donald Trump spared from Eid sacrifice in Bangladesh, Rehman government moves the animal to National Zoo

OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2026

The Bangladesh government has canceled the Bakrid sacrifice of a viral buffalo named "Donald Trump."

India and Bangladesh witness improved relations after departure of Muhammad Yunus, both countries to resume full visa operations

OpIndia Staff - 2 May, 2026

India and Bangladesh are restoring full-scale visa services following months of diplomatic tension.

Bangladesh shocker: Three convicted Islamic terrorists who committed crimes against humanity in the 1971 Liberation War win election

OpIndia Staff - 14 February, 2026

The 2026 general election in Bangladesh has delivered a huge victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which secured a two-thirds majority and defeated...

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Bangladesh: Three Chinese nationals arrested for running illegal iPhone assembly factory in Dhaka

OpIndia Staff - 8 January, 2026

Detectives from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested three Chinese nationals accused of running a clandestine iPhone assembly factory in the capital. The...

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Bangladesh: Prime accused Faisal Karim Masud denies killing anti-India activist Sharif Osman Hadi, accuses Jamaat and refutes claims of escapping to India

OpIndia Staff - 31 December, 2025

In a dramatic development in the ongoing investigation into the murder of prominent Bangladeshi student leader and anti-India activist Sharif Osman Hadi, the prime...

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Bangladesh: Khaleda Zia’s son Tarique Rahman returns home after 17 years in exile, lakhs of BNP supporters come out to welcome him

OpIndia Staff - 25 December, 2025

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman returned to Bangladesh on December 25 after 17 years in London exile, landing in Dhaka with family. He addressed a massive Purbachal rally amid tight security, then visited his ailing mother before heading home.

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